By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Multi-User Virtual Environment Experiential Simulator
A Multi-User Virtual Environment - or MUVE - is an online space where vistors can navigate in a three-dimensional visual environment interacting with artifacts and each other. MUVE's were pioneered in the late 90s by a company called Active Worlds. This page describes MUVE work being undertaken at Harvard. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Room 208
Ah, I love stuff like this, probably because I was the sort of student who would have been all over this. Room 208 links to a student podcast created by Mr. S's 3/4 multiage class. The sound quality is great, there's chat, news and music. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Emerging Issues in the Practice of University Learning and Teaching
This online book is written for the practicing teacher and reflects this audience with a general and relatively introductory focus. Nonetheless, it captures quite well current trends in learning and some of the articles provide depth intended readers might not find elsewhere. I particularly enjoyed, for example, Geraldine O'Neill and Tim McMahon's article on student-centered teaching. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Another Step toward the Creation of the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre
The Canadian Council on Learning has launched the application process. Organizations need to apply by June 21, 2005. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. AMTEC 2005
I haven't had the chance to cover this properly, but if you missed AMTEC all the coverage is here. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Guelph
I'm in Summerside, Prince Edward island, for the 2005 Canadian Association of Police Educators conference. Meanwhile, here are my photos from my time in Guelph, Ontario, last week. Thanks to Mike and everyone else in the city for a fine welcome. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, May 31, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect]. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Ida Takes Tea
Another new ed tech blog, Ida Takes Tea, which launched last week, is written by Catherine Howell, who works for CARET, the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies, at the University of Cambridge, UK. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. RSS Feeds
Introductory article describing RSS for readers of a national business magazine. The article is essentially composed of clippings from various other articles I have authored on the subject and was assembled Pletsch Prose (my thanks to them for that). By Stephen Downes, IT Business, Apriul 27, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect]. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Moodlebug
Mad about Moodle? Then this new Moodle blog may be the place for you. The author, Josie Fraser, has been keeping another blog, EdTechUK for some time. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Horseless Carriage...
"It's all got to be about the individual. And my preferred way of expressing that is that a weblog is a representation of a person." This is my view as well, which is why I begin to get my hackles up when people start talking about corporate blogs, or assigned blogs, or edited blogs. More...
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